-- Three Clinical Trials Currently Underway for Treating Ovarian, Lung and Sarcoma Cancers --
“Clinical trials are underway at leading cancer centers in
Clinical trials are taking place at the
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LIXTE recently announced the following significant developments:
- The dosing of the first patient in a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial to assess whether adding LB-100 to GSK’s dostarlimab-gxly will enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy in the treatment of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). The clinical trial was initiated by, and is being conducted at, the
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center . LIXTE is providing LB-100, and GSK is providing dostarlimab-gxly and financial support. - The signing of an exclusive patent license agreement with the
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and theNational Cancer Institute , each anInstitute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). LIXTE has licensed NIH’s intellectual property rights under aCooperative Research and Development Agreement that, focused on LB-100 promoting anti-cancer activity alone and in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors. - On
February 28, 2024 ,René Bernards , PhD, a leader in the field of molecular carcinogenesis and Senior Staff Scientist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, presented new pre-clinical data at theJoint Conference of European and American Associations for Cancer Research inDublin, Ireland on how stress imposed onto colon cancer cells by LB-100 drives cancer cells to evolve to less cancerous behavior, underscoring a unique mechanism of action of LB-100.Dr. Bernards is a member of the Board of Directors of LIXTE.
Filing of Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
Additional information with respect to LIXTE’s business, clinical trials and financial condition is contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
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